View other reviews for this product:
MGR/Dave « Alesis MultiMix 6FX »
Published on 10/08/05 at 15:00I am a guitar player with 36 years of experience. I also have had a home project studio for the past four years.
I purchased this from Musician's Friend for $99. I purchased this to add some external FX to my signal chain for recording because the Digital Audio Workstation does not have FX for purposes of recording--but as things which are added during either the Mixing or Mastering phases of the process.
(1) Phantom power
(2) FX: chorus, flange, delay, reverb, pitch
shifting,tremelo, 100 settings overall--
with 20 of them being various combina-
tions.
(3) An on/off switch.
No compression or Phase shifting settings in the FX section.
Metal case. The knobs are arranged with little space for turning if one has big hands like mine, but if one is not in a hurry and is careful, this is not a significant issue. From what I've seen of the external construction, it appears to be a little more rugged than Behringer units.
As noted earlier, I purchased this in order to be able to add FX during the tracking phase of putting my songs to CD. In addition, I had discovered that the Behringer mixer this was replacing as a Pre-amp did not have a high enough output without distorting. My options were to either purchase a rack-mount dedicated dual pre-amp and a separate FX at a total cost exceeding $200 or to experiment for less than $100.00. I found this to be adequate for my needs. While I know the name "Alesis" seems to inspire a negative reaction in some quarters, I have not had any problems as far as the sonic quality or the durability of this unit. If this was lost or stolen, I would definitely purchase another. Although the newly release Behringer UB1002FX has phase shifting which this lacks, I'd still go with this because the people at Behringer still have not managed to incorporate a simple on/off switch into their designs. In addition, Alesis has a proven track record in FX circuitry--something Behringer does not.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
I purchased this from Musician's Friend for $99. I purchased this to add some external FX to my signal chain for recording because the Digital Audio Workstation does not have FX for purposes of recording--but as things which are added during either the Mixing or Mastering phases of the process.
(1) Phantom power
(2) FX: chorus, flange, delay, reverb, pitch
shifting,tremelo, 100 settings overall--
with 20 of them being various combina-
tions.
(3) An on/off switch.
No compression or Phase shifting settings in the FX section.
Metal case. The knobs are arranged with little space for turning if one has big hands like mine, but if one is not in a hurry and is careful, this is not a significant issue. From what I've seen of the external construction, it appears to be a little more rugged than Behringer units.
As noted earlier, I purchased this in order to be able to add FX during the tracking phase of putting my songs to CD. In addition, I had discovered that the Behringer mixer this was replacing as a Pre-amp did not have a high enough output without distorting. My options were to either purchase a rack-mount dedicated dual pre-amp and a separate FX at a total cost exceeding $200 or to experiment for less than $100.00. I found this to be adequate for my needs. While I know the name "Alesis" seems to inspire a negative reaction in some quarters, I have not had any problems as far as the sonic quality or the durability of this unit. If this was lost or stolen, I would definitely purchase another. Although the newly release Behringer UB1002FX has phase shifting which this lacks, I'd still go with this because the people at Behringer still have not managed to incorporate a simple on/off switch into their designs. In addition, Alesis has a proven track record in FX circuitry--something Behringer does not.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com